RE: dpkg-awk

["Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <shaleh@valinux.com>]

On 15-May-2000 w trillich wrote:
> "Karl M. Hegbloom" wrote:
>>  `dpkg-awk' works pretty good, and so does `apt-cache', for finding
>>  things.  I also like to use the web search interface at
>>  www.debian.org, under the Packages clicker.
> 
> i'm using frozen (potato), all updated, upgraded and dist-upgraded
> (not necessarily in that order) as of may 15:
> 
># dpkg-awk
> gawk: /usr/lib/awk/getlong.awk:51:    if (match(argv[c], /=.*$/)){
> gawk: /usr/lib/awk/getlong.awk:51:                       ^ parse error
> gawk: /usr/lib/awk/getlong.awk:51:    if (match(argv[c], /=.*$/)){
> gawk: /usr/lib/awk/getlong.awk:51:                             ^
> unterminated regexp
> gawk: /usr/lib/awk/getlong.awk:53:    sub(/^.*=/, "", argv[c])
> gawk: /usr/lib/awk/getlong.awk:53:                            ^
> unexpected newline
> [454 lines total, snip]
> 

when in doubt, <package>@packages.debian.org works, so mail
dpkg-awk@packages.debian.org and ask the maintainer (who by the way is the
author in this case).